New & Revised Articles

January 20, 2021

Melania Trump

(born April 26, 1970, Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia [now in Slovenia]), American first lady (2017–21), the wife of Donald Trump, 45th president of the United...

Jill Biden

(born June 3, 1951, Hammonton, New Jersey, U.S.), American first lady (2021– ), wife of Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. Jill Jacobs...

Mike Pence

(born June 7, 1959, Columbus, Indiana, U.S.), 48th vice president of the United States (2017–21) in the Republican administration of Pres. Donald Trump....

Kamala Harris

(born October 20, 1964, Oakland, California, U.S.), 49th vice president of the United States (2021– ) in the Democratic administration of Pres. Joe Biden....

Rick Perry

(born March 4, 1950, Haskell, Texas, U.S.), American politician who was the longest-serving governor of Texas (2000–15) and who later was secretary of...

January 19, 2021

art market

physical or figurative venue in which art is bought and sold. At its most basic, an art market requires a work of art, which might be drawn from a very...

Abraham Lincoln

(born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.—died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.), 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved...

Mehmed II

(born March 30, 1432, Adrianople, Thrace, Ottoman Empire—died May 3, 1481, Hunkârçayırı, near Maltepe, near Constantinople), Ottoman sultan from 1444 to...

Japanese music

the art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression, specifically as it is carried out in Japan. Korea...

Yemen

country situated at the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is mostly mountainous and generally arid, though there are broad patches with...